Dumbfounding

Coby 2021-12-30 17:21:31

After laughing so hard, I think this film is actually a tragedy. The transition point of dumbfounding is where real life lies; at the end of life, in fact, many things are dumbfounded, there is no tragedy, and no comedy. Among the various forms of death, those who died in a daze are the saddest group of people. After watching this movie in Edinburgh, I was a little choked when I walked out of the theater. The explosion always made people laugh and startled, and then turned into a little bit of tears. If you carefully consider it, it may make people sad for a long time; walk out of the theater in Edinburgh On the edge of the old city’s cemetery, the feeling of vomiting even more, those dead with tombstones, death is such an elegant thing, even a kind of religious joy, in contrast, suicide bombers are simple Death is very pitiful. I still remember the one who died in the Kebab shop, who said at his deathbed was "i don't know what i'm doing". This reminds me of the civil war in Cambodia's Crimson Khmer. Death originated from some kind of naivety.

I don’t know how many people feel this way: terrorists dressed in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sesame Street Men, ostriches, and clowns behave stupidly like a child, but they go to death like this... It’s really pitiful. This deliberate arrangement adds more sadness to the film. The bright clothes, the bright toys, the sudden death, and the innocent tears, seem ridiculous to get together, but in fact this film is a big tragedy, ridiculous and pitiful.

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  • Marcus 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The tragicomedy effect at the end is very strong, but it seems that the minorities are being ridiculed too violently...

  • Nikolas 2021-12-30 17:21:31

    A sad story between freshness, halal and widowhood. The film continues to open up new directions for British comedy in an unusual way. But at the same time, the shortcomings are quite obvious, such as the plot and rhythm of the grasp is slightly green. And to be honest, when the plot and drama are not attractive enough, and the newcomer actors have limited performance, it is still very painful to have no BGM treatment during the whole process.

Four Lions quotes

  • Barry: Bollocks, I'm a liability! I am the Invisible Jihadi! They seek him here, they seek him there, but here's not there, he's blowing up your slag sister!

    Omar: Invisible? Right. Like the time you got on the local news for baking a Twin Towers cake and leaving it at the synagogue on 9/11?

    Barry: That is part of the plan! Hide in plain sight, you mug!

  • Hassan: [Raps] I'm the Mujahideen and I'm making a scene / Now you's gonna feel what the boom-boom means / It's like Tupac said, "When I die, I'm not dead"/ We are the martyrs, you're just smashed tomatoes / Allahu Akbar!

    [Audience screams as Hassan detonate his suicide belt releasing party streams]

    Barry: [Silent from audience] Mashallah, brother

    [Murmurs from the audience]

    Hassan: [Looking at the audiences] Oh, what, man? Come on. What? Just cos I'm Muslim, you thought it was real?